And on closer inspection, it could be Kane's shirt number that is holding him back at Tottenham. The Chingford-born hitman upgraded from number 18 to Emmanuel Adebayor's 10 this summer after ...

TOTTENHAM have handed Harry Kane's vacant number ten shirt to summer signing James Maddison. Kane wore number ten at Spurs for eight years prior to his move to Bayern Munich, which was confirmed ...

The idea was to have Sesko play up front and Kane behind him at number 10. However, a transfer would have been financially difficult. As the great Harry Dunne once said ...

The number 10 shirt was always reserved for a team's chief playmaker. ... Kane scored 27 goals and provided 10 assists in 51 appearances across all competitions for Antonio Conte's side last season.

Harry Kane is a target for Manchester City, but for now he remains a Tottenham player and has retained his number 10 shirt for 2021-22.

Kane inherited that number 10 shirt after it was taken away from Emmanuel Adebayor who, like Aaron Lennon, has not been assigned a squad number as Spurs continue their extensive clear-out.

Harry Kane is one of the best strikers, or a number nine, in the world. Kane became only the third player to score his 200th Premier League goal in Tottenham's 1-0 win over Manchester City. Kane also ...